ODI Debut: Pakistan v West Indies at Adelaide in 1992
Test Debut: Australia v New Zealand at Hobart in 1997

Last ODI: Australia v England at Sydney in 2007
Last Test: Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Kandy in 2006

Total ODI Matches Umpired: 61
Total Test Matches Umpired: 9

Steve played grade cricket for West Torrens (SA) 1977-1985. He started umpiring in first-class matches in 1990-91 and joined Australian National Panel in1992-93. He was promoted to the ICC International Panel in April 2003. Steve umpired Australia and Bangladesh in the second one-day international in the Top End series in August.

Daryl Harper (Australia)
Born: 23 October 1951

ODI Debut: New Zealand v South Africa at Perth in 1994
Test Debut: Australia v England at Perth in 1998

Last ODI: Australia v England at Melbourne - Feb 9, 2007
Last Test: South Africa v India at Cape Town in 2007

Total ODI Matches Umpired: 133
Total Test Matches Umpired: 63

Daryl Harper played as a right-handed batsman in the Adelaide Grade cricket competition for the Teachers' College and East Torrens clubs. From here he started umpiring, and made his debut as a first-class umpire in 1987. After working his way up through the ranks he was appointed to his first one day international (ODI) in January 1994. He was appointed to stand in his first test match in 1998. He was subsequently promoted to the National Grid Panel of International Umpires. Harper was included in the original line up for ICC elite panel, chosen ahead of his fellow Australian Umpires Simon Taufel and Darrell Hair. He is one of just three umpires to have maintained their place on that panel, the others being Steve Bucknor and Rudi Koertzen. He also had the honor of umpiring the opening match of the 2003 Cricket World Cup in South Africa, and went on to stand in one of the semi-finals. Another landmark in his career was his 100th ODI, the match between Zimbabwe and New Zealand at Harare on August 31st 2005.

Ian Howell (South Africa)
Born: May 20, 1958

ODI Debut: England v Zimbabwe at Cape Town in 2000
Test Debut: South Africa v Sri Lanka at Cape Town in 2001

Last ODI: Australia v England at Sydney in 2007
Last Test: South Africa v India at Durban in 2006

Total ODI Matches Umpired: 53
Total Test Matches Umpired: 7

Ian Howell played first-class cricket for Border and Eastern Province in South Africa. A left-hand batsman and a left-arm medium bowler he played 119 first-class games scoring 3767 runs with 5 hundreds and 13 fifties and a batting average of 26.90. His top score was 115 not out. He took 243 first-class wickets with 5 five-wicket hauls with a best of 6/38 and a bowling average of 35.74.

Last ODI: New Zealand v Australia at Hamilton in 2007
Last Test: Australia v England at Sydney in 2007

Total ODI Matches Umpired: 78
Total Test Matches Umpired: 37

Aleem Dar played Pakistani domestic cricket for Allied Bank, Gujranwala Cricket Association, Lahore, and Railways (Pakistan) as a right-handed batsmen and legbreak bowler. He made his debut as international umpire in 2000. In 2002 he became a member of the Emirates International Panel ICC of umpires. He was chosen to umpire at the ICC Cricket World Cup in early 2003. He was appointed to stand in his first Test match in October 2003; the match between Bangladesh and England at Dhaka. In April 2004 he became the first Pakistani to be part of the Emirates ICC Elite Umpire Panel. Since then he has been regarded as one of the top umpires, being nominated for the ICC Umpire of the year Award in 2005 and 2006, although he was beaten on both occasions by the Australian Simon Taufel. Dar has stood in numerous high profile matches, including several India-Pakistan ODI matches and five Ashes test matches. He was also one of the on-field umpires for the final of the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy, standing along side Rudi Koertzen.

Umpire Ian Howell was involved in a controversial incident during the Australia Tour of Bangladesh in 2006. On 16 April 2006, Bangladesh was struggling at 41/4 in 14th over in the first innings of the second Test Match in Chittagong Divisional Stadium. At this stage, Aftab Ahmed and Rajin Saleh was doing the reconstruction job and took Bangladesh to 102 in 32nd over with losing any further wicket. At this point, the Australia Captain Ricky Ponting, Umpire Ian Howell and Third Umpire Mahbubur Rahman jointly created the following controversial situation:

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From cricinfo.com Match Bulletin
However, the stand ended in controversial circumstances. Warne floated one up that drifted in and dipped, taking the inside edge before bounding off Ahmed's boots to Gilchrist. The unsure field umpires, Ian Howell and Aleem Dar, referred it Mahbubur Rahman, the third umpire, and after countless replays it seemed the decision was made in the batsman's favour when Ricky Ponting entered the fray. An animated chat with Howell, the umpire at the bowler's end, resulted, quite surprisingly, in a review of the decision as the umpires went into further conversation with Rahman. This time the verdict came in favour of the visitors, and Aftab trudged back for 18.

During the same Test Match, Brett Lee ordered spineless Aleem Dar to stand 15-20 feet behind the normal umpire's mark. Aleem complied for a few no-ball deliveries until he realized what Lee was doing. Aleem told Lee he could not stand that far away and monitor Lee's illegal deliveries. Ponting and Lee jumped on Aleem, another altercation on the field.

Later, Lee was declined a few LBW shouts from Aleem. So, what does Lee do? He throws a ball, aimed intentionally and directly at Aleem. The ball hit Aleem hard. Exactly on the spot where Aleem was trying to grow a spine. He was in considerable amount of pain. He's gonna need Tiger Balm on that spot every full moon.

Intimidating the match officials is one of many Aussie traditions. They are the best at it. Go Punters.

I don't know about Indian players, but I've got high respect for Sri Lankan players. Jayawardene is a gentleman, much more than the 1950's meaning of what gentleman was. However, I'm happy that dada isn't the captain for the Indian team. I wouldn't doubt his capabilities to get nastier than Ponting. Dravid seems more gentle, although I can't completely trust any Indian player.